Corsage support for the hair



May 20, 1941.

R.-'KABER CORSA GE SUPPORT FOR THE' HAIR Filed July 2, 1946 Patented May 20, 1941 NET AS FICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to a device for supporting a corsage in a womans hair.

The object of the present invention is to provide a corsage support composed of a single piece of bendable, form-retaining material, including a main body portion adapted to receive the stem portion .of a pro-formed corsage, with laterally extending fingers formed integral therewith for bending around the stem portion of the corsage, an elongated extension at one end of the body portion adapted to be bent backwardly over the main body portion to cooperate with a catch portion on the opposite end of and bent perpendicular to the plane of the body portion, to form a clasp by which the support can be secured in the hair, with the whole of the device adapted to be bent to the curvature of the head after assembly with the corsage, or to be bent in the opposite direction to hold the corsage proper away from the head.

The construction and mode of application of the device will be fully disclosed hereinafter, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, of which:

Figure 1 illustrates the device applied to the hair and bent to the contour of the head;

Figure 2 illustrates the device bent in a direction opposite to the curvature of the head;

Figure 3 illustrates the device ready to receive the pre-formed corsage; and

Figure 4 illustrates the blank before bending.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the blank A illustrated in Figure 4 is in one single piece stamped or otherwise cut from a flat sheet or strip of thin, bendable, form-retaining metal. The blank A includes a main body portion I of relatively long narrow rectangular shape and provided with laterally extending fingers 2, 2, formed integral therewith and projecting from opposite sides thereof in staggered relation, or as preferred. Projecting from one end of the body portion l and formed integral therewith, is an elongated tapering tongue 3 which is adapted to be bent backwardly, substantially on the line :rsc, over the body portion I, to enable the tip 4 of said tongue to cooperate with a notch 5 formed in the end portion 6 of the body I, said end portion 6 being adapted to be bent perpendicular to the plane of the body portion I, substantially on the line yy, and to form a catch adapted to cooperate with the tip 4 of said tongue 3 and produce a clasp by which the device may be secured in the hair, for example in the manner illustrated in Figure 1.

The blank illustrated in Figure 4, after being bent in the manner above noted assumes the form illustrated in Figure 3, ready to receive a pre-formed corsage.

The device is adapted to be used in the following manner: After bending into the form shown in Figure 3, the stem portion S of the corsage C is placed on the body portion l substantially in parallel relation thereto, after which the fingers 2, 2 are bent around the stem portion S to secure the same firmly to the body portion I of the supporting device.

If the device is to be used with a corsage which it is desirable to have fit closely to the hair, the entire assembly, including the body portion I, the tapered tongue 3 and the stem portion S of the corsage, is bent as a unit accordingly, i. e. on an arc corresponding to the contour of the wearers head, with the corsage on the outer or convex side of the device, after which the tapered tongue 3 is passed through the hair and the tip 4 thereof subsequently inserted into the notch 5 to clasp the hair, as illustrated in Figure 1.

If the device is to be used with the corsage held away from the hair, for example, the entire assembly, including the body portion I, the tapered tongue 3 and the stem portion S of the corsage, is bent outwardly as a unit, i. e. with the corsage on the inner or concave side of the device. The tapered tongue 3 is then passed through the hair and the tip 4 inserted in the notch 5 to clasp said hair, as illustrated in Figure 2.

Both of the above noted modes of use of the device forming the subject-matter of this invention are highly important in the art as presenting a decidedly artistic effect never heretofore achieved. In the first manner cited, the effect is one of orthodox symmetry as the corsage-support follows the outline of the wearer's head. In the second display mentioned, the effect is of a more striking nature in that it sets off the flower or flowers in a distinctive fashion that emphasizes the features thereof. This is very important in the wearing of a flower such as an orchid wherein it is the flower itself that should attract attention and not the form of display thereof.

I claim:

1. A device for securing a corsage in the hair, comprising a normally fiat thin blank of manually pliable form-retaining material which can be bent into the desired form merely by the fingers of a person, said blank including a relatively long narrow body portion, a plurality of integral fingers spaced along and respectively projecting from opposite longitudinal edges of said body portion, a tongue integral with and extending longitudinally from one end of said body portion,

and acatch formed on the opposite end of said with and extending longitudinally from one end of said body portion, and a catch formed on the opposite end of said body portion integral therewith, wherein said tongue is bent backwardly over said body portion and said catch is bent at an angle to the normal fiat plane of said body portion to receive the free end of said tongue, and wherein said fingers are bent from said normal plane of said body portion around a portion of the corsage placed against said body portion, and wherein the juxtapositioned whole is bent as a unit in either direction from said normal plane of said body portion as and for the purposes disclosed.

REX KABER. 

